My affiliate partners

Disclosure: This site receives a payment from Amazon, Mattress Firm, Sleepy’s, 1800 Mattress, US Mattress, Overstock, Sears, Macy’s, Target, Sam’s Club, Leesa, Nest Bedding, Ghost Bed, Keetsa, Saatva, Loom & Leaf, Zenhaven, Spindle, Naturepedic, Wright Bedding, or Wayfair when you purchase a product using any links to that company in this article

Running this site is my full-time job. To pay for my time and to cover hosting expenses, I have partnered with over a dozen mattress companies through “affiliate relationships.” This means that after you click on an affiliate link on my site, and then make a purchase on that site, I get a small commission at no cost to you for doing so.

I am very picky about who I choose to partner with. There are dozens, and maybe even a hundred, such mattress affiliate programs, and I have no interest in trying to review all of their mattresses.

Since there is such a big range of choices, I get to pick and choose which of those companies I feel will best serve my readers. A lot of competing review sites will just review every mattress that is presented to them, and almost all of those reviews are positive. I do not do this. If I do not like a mattress or a company, I won’t promote them on my site. I have rejected far more mattress company affiliate offers than I have accepted.

Requirements for my affiliate partners

Here are some qualities I look for when deciding which companies to partner with

A company that I believe will serve my readers well, either through a great price, great service, a great product, or a combination of all 3

A company that I believe will be around long enough to handle any customer service claims that come up, say 10 years from now

A company that is honorable in its business dealings

These aren’t necessarily the only things I look for, but that gives a general idea of how I screen out companies.

My goal

The ideal that I strive for is that I won’t let commission rate influence my opinion about a product.

I do not accept paid placement on my site. I only get paid when a customer buys products, which gives me the freedom to include or not include a product on my site wherever I see fit. If I was paid to write an article, that would exert more influence about the content of that article than I’d be comfortable with.

Likewise, a higher commission rate will NOT make it more likely for me to recommend a mattress. Believe me, companies have tried. One in particular was offering me more than triple the “normal” rate I get for a cheap Chinese mattress. A lot of other review sites jumped on that opportunity. I refused to sell out my readers’ well-being like that.

That said, a higher commission rate might influence where and how I integrate a product that I already like into some pages on my site. For example, on my comparison charts, I tend to list companies that pay a higher commission further to the left on the chart. (This is not a hard rule, by the way, just generally how it ends up). All of the information on the site is the same, it’s just an aesthetic choice of what you might see first. I know this may be offensive to some of you, but it has to be put in some order, and I think this is less offensive than actually changing my recommendations of the mattresses or stores.

But overall philosophy is that I don’t particularly care which mattress or retailer you buy from. If I help you find the right mattress for you, you’ll be happy with me and share my site with your friends and family. And that, to me, is worth more than making an extra percentage point in commission by directing you to the wrong mattress. I have partnered with enough companies that I’m certain I can find a great mattress for you at a price you’re comfortable with at at least one of them. It is this flexibility that allows me to be honest with you and not use hard sales tactics like so many others in this industry.

Current affiliate partners

So below is a list of my current affiliate partners with an explanation about why I have partnered with them.

Amazon.com – Amazon is a very large retailer that carries almost everything you could want. I have been an Amazon customer for well over a decade and have been very happy with their prices and customer service. It seems like a no-brainer for me to be an affiliate partner of theirs. They sell a huge assortment of bedding, pillows, and even mattresses

US Mattress – US Mattress is one of the country’s biggest online retailers. They often have the lowest prices on any given mattress, and they sell every major brand (for most definitions of “major). Their service seems to be on-par with most brick-and-mortar retailers; the prices are where US Mattress tends to shine.

Mattress Firm/Sleepy’s/1800 Mattress – Mattress Firm is the largest mattress retailer in the United States. These three are sister companies, which is why I list them together. Mattress Firm is the bigger name of the three, but as of a few years ago, they own all of the listed brands.

Overstock.com – Overstock tends to have very low prices, but their return policies and customer support leave a little to be desired. They were one of the first companies I established an affiliate relationship with, I get asked about them a lot, and I think their low prices justify their lackluster policies.

Sears – Sears is a very old department store and a lot of people ask me to compare to Sears models. During big holiday sales, they tend to have good prices, too.

Macy’s – I partnered with Macy’s for the same reasons I partnered with Sears. They’re a big, reputable department store.

Target – Target is a giant big box retailer that sells Sealy models. (I actually don’t link to them much, they tend to get crowded out by companies that are better-known for mattresses)

Sam’s Club – Ditto for Sam’s Club. It’s a giant, reputable store. They have a good selection of Sertas and generally have good prices if you’re a member

Leesa– Leesa is one of the first of the new “mattress in a box” companies to come out. They’ve grown quite large and I expect they will be around far longer than most of the new start-ups that keep showing up. Additionally, I found their mattress comfortable enough to make it my primary mattress, out of all the ones that I was sent by various companies for free.

Nest Bedding – Nest Bedding is another direct-to-consumer mattress store, but they started off as a boutique mattress retailer before the explosion of online mattresses. They make solid mattresses and unlike some of their online competitors, they have a big selection. I feel comfortable that Nest Bedding will be around for a while and continue making good quality mattresses

Ghost Bed – I was skeptical about Ghost Bed at first, since they looked to be a copycat of a lot of other products on the market, but the big turning point for me is when I realized they were made by Nature’s Sleep, which has been around for quite a while. Between that and the fact that I was getting questions about them, I decided they were worth reviewing.

Keetsa – I reviewed Keetsa because a lot of my readers were asking about them. They’ve been around for a while, and make decent quality mattresses. They seem to get good reviews and have been around over a decade, so it felt like my site was missing something by not mentioning them.

Saatva/Loom & Leaf/Zenhaven – All 3 of these brands are owned by Saatva, so I listed them together. They’re one of the oldest direct-to-consumer mattresses, and they don’t do the whole in-a-box thing that their competitors do. They’re also pretty large, and should be around in the long term. Not to mention they use high quality materials and you’ll get a solid mattress no matter which of the 3 brands you choose.

Spindle – This is a fairly small company that manufactures latex mattresses. They are local to me, so I got to personally inspect their manufacturing and warehouse, and I am very impressed with the level of quality you get for the price. I feel they don’t get the attention they deserve.

Naturepedic – Naturepedic is an organic mattress manufacturer I’ve wanted to work with for a while. I first saw them at the 2015 summer Las Vegas Market, but they were only in smaller, local boutique shops, which isn’t convenient for me as a national website. They recently started delivering nationwide through their website and through their own branded stores, and I was happy to try out their mattresses again and start working with them.

Wright Bedding – I decided to review Wright because they had a physical store in NYC and their mattress used good materials. They differed from their competitors because this was a high-end mattress compared to the mid-range ones that most places had at the time. Since then, other companies have come out with high-end direct-to-consumer mattresses, and I’m a bit less excited about Wright than I used to be, but they’re still a decent choice.

Wayfair – They are a fast-growing internet furniture store that has a good selection of bedroom furniture and even some mattresses. They’re a big reputable company and one of the best ways to shop a wide variety of things like daybeds.

Disclosure: This site receives a payment from Amazon, Mattress Firm, Sleepy’s, 1800 Mattress, US Mattress, Overstock, Sears, Macy’s, Target, Sam’s Club, Leesa, Nest Bedding, Ghost Bed, Keetsa, Saatva, Loom & Leaf, Zenhaven, Spindle, Naturepedic, Wright Bedding, or Wayfair when you purchase a product using any links to that company in this article